The comments come after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the island of Lampedusa from Tunisia
    • Mopswasser@feddit.deEnglish
      829·
      1 year ago

      She warned would-be refugees that they would be detained and repatriated if they come illegally.

      Wow, what an incredibly fascist stance 🙄

      Seriously, framing the most basic and common-sense stances as racist and worse will keep hurting the left. It’s beyond laughable.

      • iain@feddit.nlEnglish
        161·
        1 year ago

        Slavery was once a basic and common sense stance. Freeing the enslaved was illegal. Calling for abolition will only hurt the abolitionists.

        Detaining and repatriating refugees is not common sense, it’s cruel. Laws that allow for it are unjust and should be repealed.

        The only thing that will hurt the left is if they start selectively applying solidarity to only people of their own race or nationality.